Blizzard Reveals Hilarious Stats for Warcraft, Diablo, and Overwatch 2 in 2024

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Blizzard Reveals Hilarious Stats for Warcraft, Diablo, and Overwatch 2 in 2024



Summary

  • Blizzard has revealed some interesting statistics for its games in 2024.
  • 8.34 billion hours were played across all games in 2024, and 378 million messages were sent on Battle.net.
  • One of the other many stats shared included 4.5 billion spiders and Nerubians killed in World of Warcraft.



Blizzard just revealed some incredible statistics about World of Warcraft, Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, and several of its other games to celebrate the end of 2024. From killing 100,000 pounds of Nerubians in World of Warcraft to playing enough Clash on Overwatch 2 to fly to Neptune and back eight times, it is clear Blizzard fans had quite a busy year.

In January, former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra was replaced by Johanna Faries. The former general manager of Call of Duty and 12-year veteran of the NFL marketing and business departments inherited a Blizzard hot off the coattails of its acquisition by Microsoft in October 2023.

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Nearly a year after her promotion, Faries shared a blog post reviewing her experiences as the president of Blizzard. After reminiscing about the successes from 2024, she shared a number of entertaining statistics about Blizzard, including one each from World of Warcraft, Warcraft Rumble, Hearthstone, Diablo 4, Diablo Immortal, and Overwatch 2. Some of the highlights include that it would take 60 years to read every direct message sent via the Battle.net app this year, that over 1.7 trillion demons have been slain in Diablo 4, and that 4.5 billion spiders weigh as much as a blue whale.



Warcraft, Diablo, and Overwatch 2 Statistics for 2024

  • 8,340,000,000 hours – or 952,055 years – played across all games
    • Enough time to walk around Earth 1,000,000 times.
  • 378,000,000 messages sent on Battle.net
    • It would take 60 years to read every message (assuming 5 seconds per message).
  • 4,500,000,000 spiders and Nerubians killed in World of Warcraft
    • That many spiders would weigh about 100,000 lbs; as much as a North Pacific blue whale.
  • 400,000,000 Cenarion family minis played in Warcraft Rumble
    • About one mini for every 1,000 trees in the Amazon rainforest.
  • 4,000,000,000 Murlocs played in Hearthstone Battlegrounds
    • More than the total population of China, India, the US, and all of Europe.
  • 1,700,000,000,000 all-time demons killed in Diablo 4
    • A few hundred billion fewer than the number of domesticated honey bees on Earth.
  • 480,000,000 total player deaths in Diablo Immortal
    • That many phones stacked on top of each other would be over 3,700 kilometers – the highest layer of Earth’s atmosphere.
  • 203 years played of the new Clash game mode in Overwatch 2 on Hanaoka and Throne of Anubis
    • Enough time to fly to Neptune and back eight times.


Beyond their releases, Faries also celebrated several major company milestones from last year, including appearances at conventions like GDC and Gamescom, the inaugural Warcraft Direct presentation, and the return of Blizzard games to China via a renewal of its partnership with NetEase. She also highlighted several of its charity drives, including the over $12.3 million raised by Overwatch 2 players via Pink Mercy for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Diablo 4 fans donating 666 buckets of maggots for the Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital, and the Reven Pack in World of Warcraft giving all proceeds to CureDuchenne in honor of The Remarkable Life of Ibelin.


Unfortunately, 2024 was not all good news for Blizzard. Like many game companies this year, Blizzard was plagued with layoffs in January and September, with many of its employees counted among the over 2000 Microsoft subsidiary developers impacted by both cuts. Though fans were happy to see Faries celebrate Blizzard’s high points, many were disappointed she did not make mention of this negative history in her letter.

Nevertheless, Blizzard ultimately had a successful year in 2024. Faries concluded the letter by saying 2025 would be “another big year of new and exciting experiences,” so it is safe to say Blizzard has no intention of slowing down its momentum. Players will have to wait and see what the company has in store for their favorite games next year – and if BlizzCon will make its return after not taking place in 2024.

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